tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15178007.post8660258479374364030..comments2024-02-25T16:56:47.627-05:00Comments on Magdalene's Egg: Lady DayFather Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18170260624474428623noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15178007.post-7241569062840534962011-03-25T21:12:59.908-04:002011-03-25T21:12:59.908-04:00I always get it mixed up with Billie Holiday but ...I always get it mixed up with Billie Holiday but then "God Bless the Child" ain't in the ELW (which already has several successors anyway) either.markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11644908598349358844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15178007.post-90575790655504702142011-03-25T21:07:17.205-04:002011-03-25T21:07:17.205-04:00How terribly catholic of you, father.
danHow terribly catholic of you, father.<br />danAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15178007.post-40477889856976965312011-03-25T15:45:18.552-04:002011-03-25T15:45:18.552-04:00I was going to mention that the Anglicans use the ...I was going to mention that the Anglicans use the same collect -- and that, although I have debated the precise degree here once or twice before, there is no real question that the Joint Committee on the Common Service were a bunch of copycats.<br /><br />Still, the bottom line is this: we should change the collect. Someday, when the successor volume to ELW is prepared -- and with any luck, that will be next week -- I propose that we all demand a Lady Day collect that mentions the Lady.Father Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18170260624474428623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15178007.post-36993439244081537082011-03-25T12:53:51.383-04:002011-03-25T12:53:51.383-04:00On the collect for the day... It would appear tha...On the collect for the day... It would appear that the choice of a collect that doesn't mention Mary simply follows the choice of the original version of the Book of Common Prayer four and a half centuries ago. Still a strange choice, but perhaps more understandable in the context of mid-16th-century Protestant England.Mark C. Christiansonhttp://www.restenergy.netnoreply@blogger.com